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The following lists events that happened during 1938 in Australia.
Births
- 12 January – Lewis Fiander, actor
- 12 January – Noel McNamara, crime victims supporter
- 13 January – Daevid Allen, musician (Soft Machine)
- 17 January – David Theile, backstroke swimmer
- 25 February – Herb Elliott, athlete
- 28 February – Dennis Olsen, pianist, actor and director
- 1 March – Henry Reynolds, historian
- 5 March – Mike Walsh, television presenter
- 25 March – Anthony Carwardine, naval officer
- 13 April – Col Joye, entertainer
- 20 April – Betty Cuthbert, athlete
- 5 June – Roy Higgins, jockey
- 18 June – Kevin Murray, Australian rules footballer (Fitzroy)
- 19 June – Ian Smith, actor and screenwriter
- 20 June – Joan Kirner, Premier of Victoria (1990–1992)
- 13 July – Ian Macphee, politician, Minister for Immigration
- 23 July – Bert Newton, entertainer
- 28 July – Robert Hughes, art critic
- 9 August – Rodney Laver, tennis player
- 22 August – Roger Gyles, lawyer and judge
- 30 August – Murray Gleeson, High Court judge
- 6 September – Ernie Sigley, entertainer
- 8 October – Fred Stolle, tennis player
- 17 October – Les Murray, poet
- 30 October – Morris Lurie, writer
- 8 November – Bob Skilton, Australian rules footballer (South Melbourne)
- 16 November- Ian Booker, Accountant, All Round Good Bloke
- 26 November – Rodney Jory, physicist
- 11 December – Reg Livermore, actor, singer and television presenter
- 21 December – Frank Moorhouse, writer
Deaths
- 6 January – John Gavin (born 1875), film director
- 15 January – Paul Raphael Montford (born 1868), sculptor
- 21 January – Will Dyson (born 1880), cartoonist
- 31 January – John Barnes (born 1868), politician
- 16 February – Thomas Molloy (born 1852), WA politician
- 21 April – Sir Talbot Hobbs (born 1864), architect
- 11 May – Lawrence Wells (born 1860), explorer
- 17 May – Nora Clench (born 1867), Canadian violinist
- 17 June – Ranji Hordern (born 1883), cricketer
- 19 June – Jack Hides (born 1906), explorer
- 22 June – C. J. Dennis (born 1876), poet
- 29 June – Sir Colin Mackenzie (born 1877), anatomist and museum administrator
- 30 August – Evelyn Marsden (born 1883), survivor of the Titanic
- 11 September – Sir Philip Whistler Street (born 1863), NSW Supreme Court judge
- 12 October – Hugh Massie (born 1854), cricketer
- 25 October – Charles Hawker (born 1884), politician
- 29 November – John Sandes (born 1863), journalist and author
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- Federated States of Micronesia
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- Kiribati
- Marshall Islands
- Nauru
- New Zealand
- Palau
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